The story of whether or not CM Punk will ever return to World Wrestling Entertainment is pro wrestling's most significant tale of 2014. No matter how many A-list main eventers Seth Rollins curbstomps or "RKOs outta nowhere" Randy Orton delivers, the story that keeps the WWE Universe a swirling hotbed of controversy is related to the "Second City Saint" and his sudden desire to leave WWE at arguably the height of his skill and popularity. Also a major story in WWE this year is the company's release of the WWE Network, a literal one-stop shop for all of the company's content in one online location. As the company prepares for media's wholly digitized future, the move is intriguing in that in its presentation, WWE beat FX, HBO and CBS to the punch, and though sometimes buggy, it's pure conceptual genius. Now, with all of that being said, the WWE Network is an amazing place to go if a Punk fan having "straight edge superstar" withdrawal and wanting a certain cure. While yes, CM Punk has had more than ten great matches, these are the ten that in mood and feeling deserve to be "relived." In capturing a mood and essence of what made him such a captivating performer for the WWE Universe to follow, these matches more than deliver the goods.
Besides having been an independent professional wrestling manager for a decade, Marcus Dowling is a Washington, DC-based writer who has contributed to a plethora of online and print magazines and newspapers writing about music and popular culture over the past 15 years.
